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dred dollars on the assessable property of Baltimore County for the
purpose of securing funds to effect the purposes of this Act.

1910, ch. 578, p. 573. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 121. 1928, sec. 131.

131. The County Commissioners of Baltimore County are hereby
authorized and directed to have the books and accounts of their office and
the Treasurer's office audited by some responsible auditing company once
in each year, and to have the reports of said audits published for two
weeks in two newspapers published in Baltimore County.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 3, sec. 38. 1880, ch. 341. 1908. ch. 555, sec. 38.
B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 75. 1916, sec. 122. 192S, sec. 132.

132. The County Commissioners of Baltimore County may bid at
any sale in Baltimore County of real estate for State and county taxes
due thereon, and costs, and may purchase any of the tracts of land offered
at such sale, and in case any of such real estate shall be purchased by
them at said sale, on the final ratification of said sale, a deed for the prop-
erty so purchased shall be made to them by the Treasurer of Baltimore
County, and the Collector of State and County taxes for said county, and
they shall hold the same for the use of the county.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 3, sec. 39. 1880, ch. 341. 1908, ch. 555. sec. 39.
B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 76. 1916, sec. 123. 1928, sec. 133.

133. In case said property shall not be redeemed, they shall, at such
times as they shall deem proper, after giving public notice thereof by
advertisement inserted for three successive weeks in some newspaper pub-
lished in Baltimore County, offer the said real estate in single tracts for
sale at public auction to the highest bidders for cash; and if for any of
said tracts of real estate so previously purchased by them and so offered
by them at public sale as aforesaid, there shall be no bid or bids which
the said County Commissioners consider adequate therefor, they shall
withdraw the said tract or tracts, and thereafter, at any time, without
any further notice, may, in their discretion, sell the same at private sale
for the highest amount they can obtain therefor; and in the event of a
sale by them either at public or private sale of any such real estate, the
purchase money for such real estate so sold shall be paid to the Treasurer
of Baltimore County and the Collector of State and County Taxes for
said county, and upon the full payment of the purchase money therefor
to the said Treasurer of Baltimore County and Collector of State and
County Taxes for said county, and not before, the County Commissioners
of Baltimore County shall execute to said purchaser or purchasers a good
and sufficient deed therefor; and the money arising from such sales shall
be accounted for by the said Treasurer and Collector as other public
moneys are now or may hereafter be accounted for according to law.

1908, ch. 415. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 124. 1928, sec. 134.

134. The County Commissioners of Baltimore County are hereby
authorized and empowered, at the end of each fiscal year, to appropriate